Nine Lives

Bonnie Raitt | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 2, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B000002LA8
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #53,681 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Many Lives Of Bonnie Raitt, May 22, 2009

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Andre S. Grindle "Andre' Grindle" (Brewer Maine) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nine Lives (Audio CD)

Bonnie Raitt made quite a name for herself in the 70's an artistically triumphant (and occasionally successful) albums in the bluesy rock vein. By the mid 80's any commercial luck she'd had previous to this had dried up and sandwiched between the 1982 recording Green Light and her blockbuster Nick of Time there was this.Despite some of the reviews of this album having a sterile,antiseptic sound to it seem to be waving tha anti-80's music flag that at this point really needs to be re-evaluated.Fact is,throughout the 80's what you got for the most part was updated versions of the 70's sound.That is what makes the music of the decade so unique and maybe...so despised by some people. One of those 80's styles this album embraces fully is the concept of using contemporary technology to liven up the production and give it more energy.Bryan Adams puts forth the starter "No Way To Treat A Lady",a fierce rocker and a very memorable tune."Runnin Back To Me" does the same thing."Who But A Fool (Thief Into Paradise)" is an excellent example of what I choose to call "funk functioning as blues",featuring the TOP horn section and some wonderfully SHARP riffing from Bonnie's axe! A light pinch of synthesizer and handclap puncuate a similar type of tune "Freezin' (For A Little Human Love)"."Crimes Of Passion","True Love Is Hard To Find" and "Excited" are really the bluesiest numbers here and again rock pretty hard."All Day All Night" and "Stand Up To The Night" both infuse a reggae-rock rhythm to the occasion,the latter showcasing some particularly beefy singing from Bonnie.The album closes with it's lone ballad "Angel",featuring backup vocals from Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie. It's funny that this album,recorded mid decade during the 80's was sandwiched between two fairly slick recordings that ended both the 70's (The Glow) and the 80's because this album has a lot of bright,intense sonics and the ammount of energy the music and Bonnie create on these sessions is nothing short of incredible.So much for sterile music!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A UNDER RATED BONNIE RAITT CD.......should be 4 1/2 stars, May 16, 2004

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Roger Murphey "uthightower" (UT,USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nine Lives (Audio CD)

I've had this CD for years,it was my frist Bonnie Raitt CD. I'd play it all the time. I disagree with the reviewed that gave one only 1 star,this CD has a lot of GREAT SONGS like,NO WAY TO TREAT A LADY,RUNNIN BACK TO ME,CRIME OF PASSION and others .....I think this CD was over looked by the music industry, (a canidate for a grammy). If you like her Grammy CD's like,NICK OF TIME,AND LUCK OF THE DRAW,than you'll like this one, so buy it,and you'll hear Great songs that you just don't hear on the radio. I also love her other CD's that has Blues & Blues/Rock songs on it.......I'm waiting for a CD that has ALL BLUES,BLUES/ROCK on it from Bonnie....I would buy it up in a hart beat,a good title would be, THE QUEEN OF SLIDE(because she so great at side guitar),or THE QUEEN OF BLUES. Bonnie's helping keeping the blues alive!!! Have a Great time Shopping.

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars End of the line.........., April 30, 2000

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J. Bilby "littlebibs" (Kingston, New Hampshire United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nine Lives (Audio CD)

I have to agree with the other reviews in regards to the overall quality of this. The sound of this whole mixed bag of tunes was way off for Bonnie Raitt and I believe she did what she could to regroup herself after the dissapointment in not being able to release her "Tounge and Groove" project in 1983 and only some of the songs made it to this, for the most part, failed effort. Everytime I hear "True love is hard to find" and hear the great Sippie Wallace singing background

vocals along with Bonnie in her last years will forever bring a smile to me. Those were strange times, trying to be heard next to the likes of all the wild music coming out from The Cure, The Cars to Echo to The Thompson Twins, Culture Club, Cyndi Lauper etc, Bonnie refused to be sold as a sexual artist and she suffered because the music seemed to be all about gimmicks and video flash. This was a very low point in Bonnies career and I think she pulled herself together once she got away from Warner Bros. and committed herself to what would be her greatest years to come throughtout the 1990's